Tire-protecting device.



N0; 867,515. PATENTED OCT. 1; 190?.

L. H. KINNARD. TIRE PRGTEGTING DEVICE ABELIGA'EIOE E'ILBD B30. 3, 1964.

UNITED STAIES IPATENI OFFICE.

LEONARD 1i. KINNARD, ()l HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA; ASSIUNOH 01* ONE-HALF vTL) RULLIN S. CHAMBERLIN, 01* HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

No. 867,51 5. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 002 I, 1907. Appiioation fi ie Deeamimr 8,1934, Serial No. 235,932,

To all whom it my concern: of the shoe, neither stay being in contact with any part H4! in known that I, LEONARD II. Kmmmp, a citiz n oi the wheel proper. The shoe is made to extend urol the United States, and a resident of Harrisburg in the! inward, or toward the axie, at Lhe inner side oi th the voum'y of Dauphin and State of Penney Vania, wheel than it does a; the ouuersidejnml the sin 10in 60 5 have invonLed a. eefiain new and useful Improvement e smaller than he tay 1 t pr te meme me u in TirmPmLe-cliug Devices, of which the following i a side to a greater extent than iL would be pwtected there fall, chm-r, and exact description, reference being made if L118 51106 hail 11 m m el' bu h e g ii)! i 11: the accompanying drawings, forming part. f thi enable the H100 to be eiisliy applied to and removed; speeifie'ation. from the Lire the diameter of the shoe at one edge 65 10 This invention relates to improvements in novices Should be 11mm 115 great Hbvui as S a Of which are intended to protect. the pneumatic tires of W hown, at. he edge 15. Both stays may be 11 vi-hicles from punctures and other injuries, the object file stay 7 11 i v 1 inning I improve the character and increase the utilit vw fi y a h w whuliy composed v1 flexible mateof such devices. The invention consists of Lhe tire- I'm might be secured to 9; Lite by substantiaily the 70 o 15 protecting device which 18 herelnaiter descnhee and means abuvfi dvsfiflbefl a including iiwcvil vlaimed. vexu-coneave metal fix? (1, or :moLho-r simiinr ring, In the accompanying drawings, in which like reiermight be se'cureii to a tire by other means besides the muremumerals designate like parts in dii'i'erent views, stays and iiwmlililgfi 11 1 w Figure 1 is a side view of the inrer side of a wheel with The Object I m g in the 1 W 5 L110 3 i0 01 75 20 the tire-protecting device applied to the tire thereof; is p event the shoe and tire ilUIlLiJUiIlg Fig. 2, a cross-section of the rim of the wheel and of the damagedhy -J I tire and protecting-device; and Fig. 3, a side view of 9. Having thus descri bed my invention; what l chiiin .fmgment oi the outer side of the wheel, tire and proa new nd d i g m; b I a P n i lnctingdevica. g5 "13] i u 15 i ll li bl to hm of the tire his, u only consisting of 1|. fstilf endless rimz l'nw aummmmes and other heavy vehiiclca The W110"! tie-nod only the shoe at one edge thereol, miolwber M'HHMI' May, and a mslening mauve-Ling the shoe at iib-Olilfll edge like i whems M y autumbhllus with Llie iatLe-r stay, said fastening {icing zuljimullilie m fltrurrtiun,ithcmgmmposmlof LhehubLspokosZ,M1113, draw the edge 01" the shoe towards me stay. 85 8nd tire 4. The tire-proteeiingdevice comprisesnshee A Q-m dflvl'w wlililwrd auslwv in whi h 5 in which the tire its and inc-Ems forsecuringthe shun we 3 cuusjstmg a sun h I V ivned uni to the shoe at one edge thereof, nnolher similar on um likes 8 Rmfemb yumpkud m may, and :i fastening connecting Hie shoe an. iL-c other edge layers of flaxihie material, and :1. (:onvuXo-rfonuavc mm the mumstay, said fastening being mijusoen w 90 glu' i-mcwl ring (5, the l yer of flcxihh; m t i l b i xiimw the edge of the 8]]00 inwards he stay and vIndian; delaye'ra 7, 8, and 9 of rubber, a layer 10 of asbestos, and 'f f the V 7 h "u f l I l d 3.; A Lueproteetnig liEVlCL c mposed et a shoe in which 7 f 0 cmvilsor ivrcuviw the Lire ms, :1 stay einmislmg of a 'siifliendhima ring in WI! flli T m flUXlblO l t k ex end? beyond ne only to [he shoe aiL'uluedge Him-Gui; another aiiniiii .195 the udges 12 and 1301' the metal ring 6, and funiig {h stay, and menus for d u elmmy fastening tlm'xlmu at fin pages 14 and the shoe (rLJmi' edge to the intimonly. said mieuim being mlju'stnhle Tl l n a i i in druw Hie edge of the shoe inwards Lhe stay.

I l l i l I l i w u w means; ormcurmg N til-("ml 4. A tirc-pruweiing device composed mi :1 Hilfli m which 40 sistsoftwnnnnular stays fastened mzheshoentits eiiges u Lire me, an anmiinr SULY ash-nod only to the NIH": ml. 100 14 and 15, Thus gmyg 16 and 17 may I fl t 1 1 one edge thereof, another nmiuiur .sLuy, and means eu||| rings The simmer stay 16 miyulm rivet; Limp prising lacing for dvtuiimhiy fastening the slum at m:

t! I .1 l ml 1 k l t m I H oiIu-i' edge to the latter may. wise pei'manu: y abuiu n V c x it: ;u s. argu- A Urwmmmtmg stay 17 is detachable from the shoe. -1 his stay may he the m and stays finite-nee! to thesimehymmneoilacing18. m ca ouiy Lo Um shoe :u;

The device in applied to the tire when the tire is dez' i i "T 1 I j i i a J D i. 1:12-1:80 ,(L mg I.VICU-CUIII[|HSI'( of u. NJIOU ll w licl w nmmmd [mm the timliLs, and Maya eon. .ing oi still endless l'inga fa the may 16 with the shoe utlmrhecl therein to be put in "my um Hm: at iqlmm, w Sm being 119 in: proper position at, the inner side of the whm'}. The larger Liam the tithe! in: UN} shoe being dumchuiliu from may Iii being at, the inner side of the whee! and the the wheel lming on Hie uJfiG, tiie edge 15 of the khoe is A device which I tuned only to the shoe at one edge thereof. another larger 115 then the tire is inflated. It wiil be seen {hat the stays my similar m w m p gm may, we n'eims for de- 3 L and 17 t 1 m y W 31100, y {Vhiflh U 0) tuchnhly fastening tbe ahoe at its nthel edge to the hu'gul' 35 are supported and held in their proper positions when i the time has been expanded to tightly iii; the interior 8. A tire-protecting device composed of a shoe in which (Eunqumnd oi n shoe in which in of stiff endless rings in 105 vs edges, one of the Hays being 1. A tire proLeetiq g device composed of a shoe in which I The tire tits, and nnnular the tire firs, an annular stay fastened only to the shoe at one edgithereof, another larger annular stay, and means comprising lacing for. detachably fastening the shoe at its ulher edge to the larger stay I i 9. tire-protecting device composed of a shoe in which stays fastened only to the shoe at its edges, said shoe including a c0nvex0-c0ncave ring of hard material, whose diameter is greater at one edge than at the nth-01x 10, A lire-protecting device composed ot a shoe in which the lire iils. and annular stays fastened only to the shoe at its edges, said shoe Including a convexo-colicaVo metal ring whose diameter is greater at one edge than at the other.

11. A tire-protecting the tire fits, and stays device composed of a shoe in which consisting of stiff endless rings of dilferent diameters fastened only to the shoe at its edges, said shoe including a eonvexo-concave ring of hard material. iii. A tire-protecting device composed of a shoe in which the tire fits, and stays consisting of stiff endless rings of difierent diameters fastened only to the shoe at its edges, said shoelncluding u convexo-concuve metal ring.

LEONARD H. KINNARD. in presence 0 Bonus 5. CnAMBnaun, B. MAE CARTER. 

